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Inadvertently opened draft of Thomas Young's biography sent by HG, but sealed it immediately. Adamant that JH not see this before it is published. Will not change one word of JH's critique of Young's mathematics. If criticism offends Mrs. Young, then burn JH's manuscript.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
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